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NEHI, a Cambridge-based non-profit focused on innovation in health care, has just put out a three-pronged plan for cutting wasteful medical spending by $84 billion a year nationwide.
In brief, according to NEHI:

– Emergency Department Overuse: More than half of the 120 million annual ED visits can be avoided, representing a $38 billion opportunity for savings. Potential solutions address specific recommendations to improve the primary care system and employ primary care alternatives such as tele-health technology and retail clinics. Proposed policy recommendations include specific pathways to reforming payment structures for providers and providing financial incentives for patients. Continue reading →

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If they’re so effective, why aren’t more women using IUDs and implants? A health clinic in Worcester is getting help to put better birth control front and center — particularly long-acting birth control, in hopes of cutting the high rate of unintended pregnancy.